Christmas 2009!

at my momz

FYI- it's usually impossible to get a picture of ralph- this day adam got 2! good job adam.

at the pauls

What A Lovely Time Of Year

i'm missing my family right now- not because of the time of year (because of nutcracker i never had enough time to travel home for christmas to be with family throughout my adult life) but because i didn't get to see them this past summer. having little I.J. during the summer kind of threw off our usual visit to Az.

LOVE you guys! know that i'm thinking about you.

here are some pics of our christmas house. one day we'll have a real tree again!

D.I.Y. Project 1 & 2

our second D.I.Y. project was super rad. we stole the idea from blue bird vintage i fell in love with her wreath the minute i saw it & immediately thought we needed a D.I.Y. Club meeting in december after all.




i'm thinking the deers totally make the wreath. i got them from the top of the boxes of stephanie higginbotham's MOST delicious cupcakes at the beehive bazaar. ohhh how i crave those yummy's... you can get them year round in highland, utah at dear lizzies a boutique & a bistro- genius -who doesn't get hungry while shopping

Old Friends

ever since i can remember, we would come to utah each summer (& sometimes winter) to visit family & friends of my parents. i loved going to the duncans & the dixons. they had really cool houses with trampolines or a pool & always had the best BBQ's. flint & doug are bff's of my dad's since college. it was so nice having them over to my momz for dinner. they are in their 80's now-so they have life stories galore & i loved hearing every single one of them.


little pookie was loving this santa pillow of my momz. she was walking around holding him saying "i lu you, i lu you"
that cute little guy brings back soooo many memories.

Nativity In the Glenn

our stake has this super cool nativity activity every year. they bring in a freakin camel for it. sooo great. we dropped off ida at my mom's because it was like 5 degrees out and braved the cold. we thought elsa would love it & she did.

Christmas Giveaway

The following is from my friend Miggy's blog

Here it is folks--The Christmas Giveaway Giveaway!
What is a Giveaway Giveaway?
Let me explain...

This week {Dec. 7-Dec. 11th} myself along with a handful of fellow bloggers are going to sponsor giveaways that you GIVEAWAY. Instead of signing up for yourself in hopes of winning, you will sign up in behalf of someone you know who needs the extra help this Christmas season. Perhaps it's a family who lost their job, a single mom who needs the help, someone who just had a hard week, month, year...whatever the case the giveaway's will be focused on giving to others. So start thinking of the people in your lives who could use a little extra Christmas cheer. Participating bloggers include Molly from The Jackson Family and A Good Grief, Melancholy Smile, Liz from Say Yes! to Hoboken, Azucar and more!

ALSO go to my Elsa bags blog to enter to win stuff from me! Www.elsabags.blogspot.com

BB is over!

The beehive bazaar went really well. you never know how receptive people will be to your goods. it's definitely a learning experience every time i participate. over all i felt i was well received and look forward to the spring bazaar. crossing my fingers that i'm accepted.



super huge thanks to chris- tia- stacy- & tracy I would never have gotten everything taged & set up without you!

Double huge thanks to my little sister andrea & my mom for watching the munchkins so I could sew like a mad woman.

I Love This Time Of Year

christmas music- christmas lights- the spirit of love - charity & Jesus- soooo good


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